The College Mews VOL. XLVII, NO. 23 ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 16. 1951 Copyright, Trustees of Bryn Mawr College, 1951 PRICE 15 CENTS Jean Collignon Discusses Fr. Catholic Novel Orthodoxy, Style Fail - To Combine In. Novel specially contributed by ~ Marge Mullikin, ’51 Whether or not: there exists,’ in truth, a contemporary French work which can be called a good Cath- olic novel was the primary ques- tion raised by M. Jean Collignon of Yale University in his lecture at the French Club meeting on Thursday evening, May 10. He pointed out that Catholic novelists do not form a school in France and do not set up for themselves a common literary method or theory. Since the majority of the French reading public is Catholic, they do not find it necessary to unite in or idisserninated cancer. der to justify their basic point of view, as they would in writing for a predominantly (Protestant public. | Speaking of Francois Mauriac and, Georges Bernanos in particular, M. Collignon showed some of the dif- ficulties encountered by novelists’ of the Catholic faith. Both of the writers concerned profess a firm Catholic belief, yet, in the works which they produce the influence of this faith is often plainly lacking, or weakened by the general tone of the novel. Mauriac’s novels develop around characters who bear little resem- blance to good Christians. They at tempt to use their religion to pro- mote their own selfish ends, or they live in a kind of moral lassi- tude and mental sterility, analyz- ing their situation, but finding ways to explain and excuse their shortcomings. The most interesting characters, and those treated with the greatest sympathy by the au- thor, are often the ones who could most justly be condemned as un- orthodox. These characters, most of whom need love “in large dos- es”, as M. Collignon put it, have been repeatedly disappointed in their lives, and are shown on the verge of conversion, or turning finally to the love of God, as a kind of last resort. The fact that “good Burchenal Gives Leukemia Facts To Science Club Dr. Joseph C. Burchenal of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Can- cer Research addressed the Science Club on May 10, 1951 in Dalton at 8:30. Dr. Burchenal discussed. re- search on leukemia. Slides assisted his explanation and compared cancer cells in the body to weeds in grass. Localized cancer can be cured by the surgeon or the radiologist for they can burn or pull out the weeds. There are three methods of attack against The soil can be altered (steroid treatment), the weeds can be poisoned, or the weeds can be blotted out. There are several approaches to Continued on Page 2, Col. 3 Michels Outlines ‘TV & Education’, Stresses Action Dr. Walter C. Michels of the and Education” at this morning’s assembly. He emphasized that television transmission frequen- cies impose a strict limitation upon the number of TV stations which can operate in any one section of the country, in contrast to radio, where transmission requires much less power, making the possible number of stations almost limit- less. : The ultra-frequency bands which are being developed for television transmission will raise the poten- tial number of stations in any sec- tion to only twenty-five, and these will be in great demand. If edu- cational institutions desire the use of this medium, such facilities must therefore be secured now. The initial $300,000 cost of ob- taining a TV station, plus $150,- 000 for maintenance annually, how- ever, are far too great for any col- lege to consider. Commercial sta- tions are wary of sponsoring edu- cational programs; the classroom provides a’“captive audience,” but the television audience can simply turn the dial. Mr. Michels believes the solution is inter-college co- operation, plus prompt action to Continued on Page 2, Col. 4 secure facilities. Bedrich Vaska’s Super Highlights Excellent Orchestra Concert: by Lucy Batten, ’54 The high point of the May 11th concert of the combined Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Drexel or- chestras was the appearance of one of the era’s finest celloists, Bed- rich Vaska, as soloist. The mellow- ness and rich vibrato of his rare Stradivarius cello in the evening’s major work, the Saint-Saens Con- certo for Violincello and Orchestra were indescribable; it was a mas- terpiece. Vaska once performed the Concerto for Saint-Saens him- self, in Marseilles. His three solo selections, ‘accompanied at the piano by Conductor William Reese, were musical- poetry. -- ee Vaska is world famous. For five b Performance years he toured Europe as soloist and first cello with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Later he was a member of the Sevcik Quar- tet. He was both a student and a friend of Dvorak, often playing the composer’s music from manu- script prior to publication. In 1911 the native Czechoslovakian came to the United States; here he is a member of the New York String Quartet, the New York Philhar- monic Orchestra, and a professor at both the Boston Conservatory and Eastman School of Music. | The orchestra portion of the pro- gram opened melodically with two} seventeenth century Dutch tunes following which a woodwind ensem- | Continued on Page 3, Col. 2 J ¢ arsed Physics. Department discussed “TV } Dignity, Fun Prove by Jane Augustine, °52 Came last Thursday, June 10, and Fifi ‘Sonne received her birthday present—in a forest-green package with. a golden owl on it—some 250 of it: i. e., the 1951 Yearbook. Ed- ited by Fi, with the assistance of Allie Farnsworth and Bet Schoen as Art Editor and Photography Editor, respectively, this Case His- tory of the class of ’51 has as its outstanding symptom (worthy of critical diagnosis) an excellent quality of writing. Styles are de- lightful and varied—from Den- bigh’s hallucinations and solutions to the careers of the happily mar- ried non-reses. ‘A physician’s state. ment on Merion has its high point of traumatic experience “ I love him, but he’s too much like my father.” The verse (werse?) tale of Life in Pembroke East, the mechanization of Pem West, a so- ber narrative on Radnor, Rhoads- by-the-rules, thirteen (lucky num- ber?) rampant Rockettes account- ed for, chorus “If my parents call, I’m in the Library”... all this is our dear seniors’ parting shot, stated with dignity and finesse. Admirable is the shattering of the Ivory Tower; plentiful the ref- erences to pubs, puns, and public- ity that would curl Pub. Rel.’s al- Dr. Lily Ross Taylor, Dean of the Graduate School, has just been awarded the great honor of membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ready curly locks. The revelation of four years’ carefully guarded secrets is a. joy to behold—aha, we knew ‘Self-Gov always had a list, and we never knew them to miss a missing miss. The UG (no “H” on that word) Ass’n.’s’ octopus, Al- liance’s collapsible soap-box, Lea- gue’s sun, Settlement House, and Soda Fountain—and as ultra-Lit- eratur-Geschichte AA’s limericks and the Virgilian Scriptomania of —well, we don’t mention the name of that organization—of Mac, soph-junior NEWS editor of the year 1950-1951. ‘Pictures? Millions! Back again CALENDAR Friday, May 18, 1951. LAST DAY OF LECTURES. Monday, May 21, 1951 to Friday, June 1, 1951. Final Examination Period. Sunday, June 3, 1951. 4:00 p. m. Memorial Service for Caroline McCormick Slade, ’96, (Member of the Board of Direct- ors of the College since 1920 and Vice-President of the Board since 1935. Goodhart Hall. 8:00 p. m. Baccalaureate Ser vice, address by the Reverend Arthur Lee Kinsolving, D. D. Rector of St. James Church, ‘New York City. Monday, June 4, 1951. . _ 4:00 p. m. Senior Garden Par- ty. Admission by invitation only Wyndham Garden. Tuesday, June 5, 1951. _ 11:00 a. m. Commencement Ex- ercises, and the close of the 66th Academic Year. Luncheon on Dalton Green. Admission by _invitation only. a 01 Yearbook Exposes Senior’s Case; No ‘Cure’ Needed four (thousand) years with The Big Leap; back to Bennett’s Willy, carnival, dance, summers and smoke, Exotic Europe and foreign parts, strictly home stuff—and the best pictures?